A "user configure" option for all ebuilds

konstk · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Aug 2002 Posts: 75

I think it would be usefull to have an option for any ebuild where instead of using the preconfigured settings or the generalized USE variables which are becoming hard to manage that there should be an option where before compiling there is an question and answer part for detailed configuration which is later saved for future recompiling.

cvk · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:32 am Post subject:

I second this. I like the way Debian does the configuration stuff.

cvk

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Xiol · Apprentice Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 209 Location: UK

Sounds like a nice idea to me.

Though, I have nothing against the good ol' method of hacking the ebuild.

djco · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:03 pm Post subject:

I concur. It's ridiculous that mysql has to be installed when I want to install kde or gnome, so obviously the system with the USE flags isn't working to well. Something else should be thought of, maybe just asking for some options when an ebuild is installed.

charlieg · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:22 pm Post subject:

bmichaelsen · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:49 pm Post subject:

Genone · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:51 am Post subject:

Tisephone · n00b Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 31

Well, how about a way to let emerge know when you've explicitely changed a USE flag (on the command line), so that you can update the world without getting crud you didn't want, if you happen to have excluded one of your usual flags from some lone package? (For me, it's gnome 1.x.)

I envision: emerge --use="-foo" bar-2.4.2

iamlarryboy · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 5:28 am Post subject:

I would like to see emerge be completely interactive.

BitJam · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:00 am Post subject:

I guess I am a contrarian because I think making emerge interactive is a big step in the wrong direction. Imagine if I want to rebuild my entire system. I don't mind if the machine takes days to compile but I sure the heck don't want to have to stand around and wait for it to ask me questions before it can continue. I might as well be installing Windows.

I don't mean to imply that your concerns aren't valid. I think you have valid concerns and are making interesting suggestions. I just happen to think that keeping emerge non-interactive is a Good Thing [tm].

iamlarryboy · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:41 am Post subject:

Genone · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:59 am Post subject:

emerge will never be interactive, but there might be an alternate interactive frontend once we have a modular codebase and removed all the backend code from emerge itself.

superjaded · l33t Joined: 05 Jul 2002 Posts: 802

Isn't someone already making an "interactive" version of emerge?
I forget the name of it but I distinctly remember a screenshot of a "emerge -up world" operation where you could pick and choose what you want to upgrade and what USE flags you want to use for each package.
Something like that would definitely be nice to have the option of using, but chances are I wouldn't have much use for it over the current implementation of it most of the time.

nephros · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:56 am Post subject: